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PRESTO
WHERE DOUBTS ARE DISPELLED
January 27, 1923
Louis, Mo., may be able to furnish you with the
names of sheet music jobbers and dealers.
PHONOGRAPH REPAIRS.
Dayton, Pa., Jan. 22, 1923.
Under This Head Presto Will Answer Any Question Pertaining to Pianos, or Editor Presto: About two years ago we pur-
chased and sold an Elti-Nola phonograph from the
Other Subjects of Direct Interest to the Trade and Musical Public
Chas. H. Eltiug Co., Chicago, 111., and a short time
?..go there was one wheel broken. We sent the wheel
gans with pipe tops, as well as other instruments of in to get a new one. and were informed that they
Inquiries must bear the signature and address of
writer in order to receive attention. Answers thought that description.
had gone out of business. Will you kindly let us
The Estey Organ Co. of Brattleboro, Vt., also know where we can get the part?
to be of general trade interest will be published. If an
answer is not of general interest it will be mailed pro- manufactures these instruments.
A. C. BECK.
A full list of organ manufacturers may be found
vided stamp is inclosed.
in Presto Trade Lists No. 3, the price of which
Inasmuch as the concern referred to is now out of
is 25c.
business, we suggest that you write to the Piano Re-
VIOLIN MAKING SCHOOLS.
,pair Shop, 425 So. Wabash Ave., sending, if possible,
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one of the wheels, or giving some idea, in detail, as
Buffalo, Kans., Jan. 14, 1923.
THE DE KALB PIANO CO.
to what part of the instrument it is that you want.
Editor Presto: Could you refer me to a school
Arcadia, Florida, January 16, 1923.
Without doubt the concern named will be able to
of violin making and repairing?
Editor Presto: We have received copy of Presto supply you just as well as the Chas. H. Elting Co.
M. E. WILLIAMSON.
Buyers' Guide, the 1923 number. We have a cir- could have done it.
There are quite a number of such institutions and cular from The De Kalb Piano Co. of De Kalb, 111.,
we suggest that some of the following may interest in which they advertise a very attractive Baby Grand
you:
piano. We received this a few days ago and thought CHICAGO MAN'S HONEYMOON
Aug. Gemunder & Sons, 141 W. 42nd, New York; it was from The Apollo Piano Co., of the same
IN WILDS OF AFRICA
Wm. Baldwin, Chilton, Wis.; H. R. Knopf, 127 W. place, until we looked it over more carefully today.
42nd St., New York; J. N. Copland & Co., 53 East We do not find The De Kalb Piano Co. listed in
Adams St., Chicago; John Hornsteiner, 207 S. Wa-
bash Aye., Chicago; B. S. Bretch, Oswego, N. Y.; Presto Buyers' Guide and would like to know some- Augustine Healy and His Bride Are "Featured" in
Big Illustrated Newspaper Story.
Mrs. O. S. Smith, 1203a Tower Grove Ave., St. Louis, thing of them.
The Arcadia Book & Music Store,
Mo.; Albert Lind, 246 Huntington Ave., Boston,
The magazine section of the Syracuse, N. Y.,
Mass.
By A. C. POLK.
Herald of last Sunday contained an illustrated story
Of course there are many more in this country,
The De Kalb Piano Co. is subsidiary to and owned entitled "Her Glorious Honeymoon in the Wilds of
but the ones named are among the most prominent. by The Apollo Piano Co. The factory is at De Kalb,
111., and the little grand is a good one representing Africa." The story is of unusual interest to readers
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of Presto because it tells in graphic style of the ad-
large values to the dealer.
PIPE ORGANS.
The D'e Kalb Piano Co. is not listed in Presto ventures of Augustine Healy, of the Chicago house
Middleport, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1923.
Buyers' Guide because it is comparatively a new or- of Lyon & Healy, and his bride. The full page
Editor Presto: Will you kindly give me the name ganization, but it will have a place in the next edition article began thus:
of the book.
of a company that is making pipe organs?
" 'I am going to keep house,' said Mrs. Augustine
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Healy.
F. A. SHIFLET.
" 'And I am going to get down to business," said
CAMEO RECORDS.
There are a great many pipe organ industries in
Mr. Augustine Healy.
Madison, Wis., Jan. 18, 1923.
this country, and a good list of them appears on
"Thus Mr. and Mrs. Healy plan to settle into the
pages 31 and 2,2 of PRESTO TRADE LISTS NO. 3. Editor Presto: Would you kindly inform us who
However, among the prominent organ manufactur- is making the "Cameo" phonograph record, by whom placid conventional life of Chicago, after a glorious
ers are the following:
distributed, and what length of time has been on honeymoon of two-and-a-half years spent in the wilds
of darkest Africa, in the desolate wastes of the Sahara
Coburn Or^an Co., 220 N. Washtenaw Ave , Chi- market?
cago; Estey Organ Co., Brattleboro, Vt.; Geo. Kil-
and in the Kashmir of India—romance breathing in
BESTOR
BROTHERS.
gen & Co., St. Louis, Mo.; W. W. Kimball Co., 300
ihe very name.
We
have
no
record
of
the
"Cameo"
phonograph
S. Wabash Ave., Chicago; Schuelke Organ Co., Mil-
"They arrived in New York a few days ago on the
disc.
There
seem
to
be
a
good
many
names
used
by
waukee, Wis.; Henry Pitcher's Co., Louisville, Ky.;
last
lap of their journey, and announced their plans
manufacturers
other
than
those
of
the
corporate
or
Welte-Mignon Corpn , 667 Fifth Ave., New York.
For special organs, suitable for theatres, etc., we firm styles. However, there may be a Cameo con- for the futurcja future of quiet and rest."
And the story and the pictures give convincing
suggest the Nelson-Wiggen Piano Co. and the Opera- cern in existence, but we have no knowledge of it.
proof that the honeymoon was an exciting one, filled
tors Piano Co.. and the J. P. Seeburg Piano Co., all
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with the kind of adventure most young people enjoy.
of Chicago, are first-class industries.
WESTERN TUNING SCHOOLS.
The portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Healy are especially
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Blewett, Wash., Jan. 15, 1923.
good. The concluding paragraph reads as follows:
Editor Presto: Will you please tell me whether or
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE.
"Mr. Healy, who is going to 'get down to business,'
not there is a tuning school west of Indiana, or do is head of a big Chicago music firm—Lyon & Healy
Danville, 111., Jan. 19, 1923.
you know of a school other than Polks' School of —while Mrs. Healy was a New York girl, Miss Jeau-
Editor Presto: What is the price of latest "Presto Tuning?
ette Reid, daughter of Mrs. William J. Reid of 23 East
Buyers' Guide.
E. W. McCALLUM.
65th street.
MRS. C. TWIETMEYER.
"Sitting in the quiet elegance of her suite in the
The
best
institution
of
that
kind
within
our
knowl-
The uniform price of the annual editions of
PRESTO BUYERS GUIDE is 50c. The new edge is Polks' School of Piano Tuning at Valparaiso, hotel Mrs. Healy says with a reminiscent smile:
" 'You know, it sounds much worse than it was.
edition is better than any earlier one. The book is Ind., of which you seem to have some knowledge.
There are several other tuning schools in the west, Really the worst thing of it all was the water. It
revised to be out in October of every year.
one of which is that of B. F. Carr, 848 East 63rd St., seemed as though we were drinking liquid mud all the
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.Chicago. There was also the Lawrence School of time, but it didn't make me ill. Our porters and gun
PIPE-TOP ORGANS.
Piano Tuning, at Lawrence, Kansas.
boys were splendid, and, all in all, we had a glorious
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Gallipolis, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1923.
trip.' "
Editor Presto: We have been unable to secure
SHEET MUSIC DEALERS.
The only discrepancy in the interesting story is that
the names of manufacturers who make an imitation
the member of the famous family of music is not con-
Ashbury
Park,
N.
J.,
Jan.
19,
1923.
pipe organ. Can you furnish us with this informa-
Editor Presto: Kindly let me know what you nected with the big Chicago house.
tion? If so it will be greatly appreciated as we want
charge
for a list of sheet music dealers and jobbers.
an organ of this type for a Church.
EDW. E. APPLEGATE.
FROM VIRGINIA.
A. L. FITZGERALD, FF.
We
have
not
yet
published
a
revised
edition
of
the
W.
J.
Boggs,
of Gutman's. Bristol, Va., was in
We assume that what you want is a pipe top reed sheet music dealers directory. We have a very good
Chicago
last
week,
his company in the
organ, and in that event suggest that you may find directory
of all music dealers, including those selling piano and furniture representing
what you desire by addressing S. N. Swan & Sons, sheet music,
markets. Air. Boggs declared
but
a
very
large
proportion
of
the
Freeport, 111. The industry named is a good one,
that both these lines of business were in a prosperous
are of piano dealers, also.
and they are prepared to supply you with reed or- names
We suggest that the Ross-Gould Mailing Lists, St. condition, and that a good year is anticipated.
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